On Tumbledown Hill

By Tim Wynne-Jones

Book Overview

Alberta Children's Book of the Year winner

Alberta Book Design Award winner

Alberta Illustration Award winner

In this wildly whimsical tale, a cautious but determined painter withstands the threats of a mob of monsters in order to pursue his art. But these monsters are bent on making mischief. What's an artist to do amidst all this chaos. While the energetic pranksters run amok, the painter resolves to stay put and paint-all day if he must. Gradually his desire to create outstrips his fear of the rambunctious rogues.

As the words diminish in On Tumbledown Hill with each page, the story is taken over by the hilarious witty revelations in the illustrations, and we discover who the monsters really are-a gang of unruly children out to have fun.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889954097
• ISBN13: 9780889954090
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Red Deer Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.7" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A lot of fun

The book starts with 26 sentences that cover almost the entire 2-pages with just a few spaces for illustration which gradually grows as the text goes down to 1 sentence at the end. There are 26 colourful monsters tormenting this poor painter who is absolutely determined to paint despite their antics. The illustrations and story are both quite fun, and beautifully arranged.

Incredibly Clever!

I loved this book. The whole concept is amazing and the pictures were dynamite. Tim is a genius writer!The book starts with a 26 word sentence, then a 25, then a 24 and so on. Hard to write, especially in such great rhyme!